title: Critical role of class IA PI3K for c-Rel expression in B lymphocytes.
abstract: The fact that the Xid mutation of Btk impairs the ability of pleckstrin homology domain of Btk to bind phosphatidylinositol-(3,4,5)-trisphosphate, a product of class IA phosphoinositide-3 kinases (PI3Ks), has been considered strong evidence for the hypothesis that Btk functions downstream of PI3Ks. We demonstrate here that the Xid mutation renders the Btk protein unstable. Furthermore, class IA PI3K- and Btk-deficient mice show different phenotypes in B-cell development, collectively indicating that PI3Ks and Btk differentially function in BCR signal transduction. Nevertheless, both PI3K and Btk are required for the activation of NF-kappaB, a critical transcription factor family for B-cell development and function. We demonstrate that PI3Ks maintain the expression of NF-kappaB proteins, whereas Btk is known to be essential for IkappaB degradation and the translocation of NF-kappaB to the nucleus. The loss of PI3K activity results in marked reduction of c-Rel and to a lesser extent RelA expression. The lentivirus-mediated introduction of c-Rel corrects both developmental and proliferative defects in response to BCR stimulation in class IA PI3K-deficient B cells. These results show that the PI3K-mediated control of c-Rel expression is essential for B-cell functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mikami
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtani
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terauchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyasu
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D000077329:Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004795:Enzyme Stability / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009154:Mutation; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000502:physiology; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; C498144:Rela protein, mouse; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000077329:Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase; C000625951:Btk protein, mouse